On a recent episode of the Oh You Didn’t Know podcast., Road Dogg, who was the lead writer for SmackDown at the time of their rise, gave his insight on the duo.
Upon being questioned whether the top brass at WWE could see the potential of the increasingly popular Rusev Day, the WWE Hall of Famer had this to say.
“So it’s yes, yes, we saw it. Yes, we saw Rusev Day getting over. I honestly don’t know what happened to Rusev Day. One day, we were pushing it and the next day we weren’t. Honestly, when I say we weren’t pushing it, it didn’t go away. It didn’t just disappear, we just weren’t doing anything with it anymore.
Every time I would pitch something it would get shot down. So I don’t know what happened. I’m not going to say anything, because last time I said something, I got a phone call and I’m not gonna have that happen again.
“I think it was getting over and I don’t know if Vince was a fan of Aiden English. I feel comfortable saying that. I don’t know if he was a fan of Aiden English. He’s a great singer. He’s a great wrestler. He’s, I mean, he’s not a beautiful man, but neither am I. Well, look, he doesn’t, his body looks like everybody else’s, just he’s not tanned and he looks like me or whatever. You know what I mean? Like he just looks different. And I don’t mean nothing bad by that. You can’t say nothing nowadays without having to qualify it with everything. God, the dude is not good-looking, what do you want me to say?”
Road Dogg on Oh You Didn’t Know?
Soon after the end of his storyline with Rusev, the Maestro of Mayhem transitioned towards color commentary on 205 Live. Nowadays, English goes by Matthew Rehwoldt and has distanced himself from Pro Wrestling, preferring to work behind the mic on indie bookings. Rusev of course would go on to leave the company and join AEW as Miro.
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